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NWA Shockwave Internet Championship

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The NWA Shockwave Internet Championship was a professional wrestling Internet/television championship in NWA Shockwave (NWA-SW) and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). It was the original title of the CyberSpace Wrestling Federation promotion and was later recognized by the NWA as a regional title. It was introduced as the CSWF Internet Championship on October 19, 2002. It was established as an NWA heavyweight championship in 2005 following the promotion's admission into the NWA. The promotion became NWA: Cyberspace, and later NWA Shockwave, with the title remaining active until the promotion's close in 2007.

NWA Shockwave Internet Championship
Details
PromotionNWA Shockwave
Date establishedOctober 19, 2002
Date retired2007
Other name(s)
CSWF Internet Championship
NWA: Cyberspace Internet Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)Billy Firehawk
Final champion(s)Papadon
(won June 2, 2007)
Most reignsN/A
Longest reignJosh Daniels (357 days)
Shortest reignBobby Roode (64 days)

The inaugural champion was Billy Firehawk, who won a 15-man Rumble Royale on October 19, 2002 to become the first CSWF Heavyweight Champion. There were 8 officially recognized champions, however only two men, Josh Daniels and Papadon, held the belt more than once. Daniels also held the record as the longest reigning champion at 357 days. Many then current wrestlers from Total Non-Stop Action challenged for the title while competing in the promotion; Bobby Roode held the championship in for several months in 2006. Its last champion, Papadon, held both the Internet and Heavyweight titles during the final months of its existence.[1][2][3]

Title history

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# Order in reign history
Reign The reign number for the specific set of wrestlers listed
Event The event in which the title was won
— Used for vacated reigns so as not to count it as an official reign
N/A The information is not available or is unknown
+ Indicates the current reign is changing daily

Names

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Name Years
CSWF Heavyweight Championship 2002 — 2005
NWA: Cyberspace Heavyweight Championship 2005 — 2006
NWA Shockwave Championship 2006 — 2007

Reigns

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# Wrestlers Reign Date Days
held 		Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Billy Firehawk 1 October 19, 2002 266 Flemington, New Jersey Halloween Horror (2002) Won 15-man Rumble Royale to become the first CSWF Internet Champion. [1][2][3]
2 Justin Powers 1 July 12, 2003 63 Rahway, New Jersey SummerBash (2003) [1][2][3][4]
— Vacated — 2003 — N/A N/A The championship is vacated when Powers in unable to compete for personal reasons. [1][2][3]
3 Mike Tobin 1 April 24, 2004 316 Wayne, New Jersey Retribution (2004) Defeated Josh Daniels to win the vacant title. On January 8, 2005, the title was renamed the NWA: Cyberspace Heavyweight Championship when the promotion joins the National Wrestling Alliance. [1][2][3][5]
4 Josh Daniels 1 March 6, 2005 377 Wayne Live event Defeated Darkbird to win the vacant title. On January 8, 2005, the title was renamed the NWA: Cyberspace Heavyweight Championship when the promotion joins the National Wrestling Alliance. [1][3][5][6][7]
5 Bobby Roode 1 March 18, 2006 64 Deer Park, New York CyberSpace Retribution (2005) This was a flag match. [1][3][5][8]
— Vacated — May 21, 2006 — N/A N/A The championship is vacated when Roode wins the promotion's heavyweight title in Dover, New Jersey on March 26, 2007. The title becomes the NWA Shockwave Internet Championship when the promotion changes its name in June 2006. [1][3]
10 Papadon 1 January 13, 2007 112 Boonton, New Jersey Live event This match was a four way match also involving Grim Reefer, Josh Daniels and Mike Tobin. [1][3]
10 Josh Daniels 2 May 5, 2007 28 Clifton, New Jersey Live event [1][3]
10 Papadon 2 June 2, 2007 N/A Clifton Live event Papadon faced off against Daniels and Shockwave Heavyweight Champion Havok in a best of three falls three way dance for both belts. [1][3][9]
— Deactivated — 2007 — N/A N/A NWA Shockwave ceases promoting events and closes in late 2007. [1][3]

List of combined reigns

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<1 Indicates that the reign lasted less than one day.
Rank[N 1] Wrestler # of reigns Combined days
1 Josh Daniels 2 357
2 Mike Tobin 1 337
3 Justin Powers 1 286
4 Billy Firehawk 1 266
5 Papadon 1 112
6 Bobby Roode 1 64

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Each reign is ranked highest to lowest; reigns with the same number mean that they are tied for that certain rank.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "N.W.A. Cyberspace Internet Title". The Great Hisa's Puroresu Dojo. Wrestling-Titles.com. 2003. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  2. ^ a b c d e Westcott, Brian (2004). "CSWF Internet Title History". Solie's Title Histories. Solie.org. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Kreikenbohm, Philip (2007). "NWA Shockwave Internet Championship". Cagematch.de.
  4. ^ McCaffrey, Sean. "McReview: CSWF 7/12 Rahway, NJ." DeclarationofIndependents.net. N.p., 12 July 2003. Web. 30 May 2010. <www.declarationofindependents.net/doi/pages/reviews/mic_reviews/cswf712.html>
  5. ^ a b c McCaffrey, Sean. "The Third Annual DOI 250." DeclarationofIndependents.net. N.p., 2005. Web. 30 May 2010. <www.declarationofindependents.net/doi/pages/doi250/doi250profiles.html>
  6. ^ Sokol, Chris (2005-11-03). "SLAM! Wrestling: A Slyck upcoming star, Wagner Brown key figure in NWA Cyberspace". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved 2010-05-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "This Day In History: Fred Blassie VS. Rocky Johnson, Public Enemy Win Their First ECW Tag Team Championship And More". PWInsider.com. 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  8. ^ Elliott, Brian (2006-03-23). "SLAM! Wrestling: Bobby's smart, not just Roode". SLAM! Sports. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved 2010-05-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ NWA Pro (2007-11-13). "NWA Pro Official Results YTD Through 11/11/07". Results. ProWrestlingDigest.com. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
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